Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-27

atOT IOAe maze long Sau SSIHeS
speech in opposition to the meas
ure, which is nothing more
than an attempt on the part o
the Republicans to make polltica
capital. He stated that the petition pre-
scented last week was from sn entirely
unreliable source, and the proposition
for investigation should not be enter
tanned.
Senator Edmunds made q most bite
argument OF the political methods of the
Democrats in the south aud waved tht
bloody shirt in his usually bombaztic ant
severely partisan style.
LANHAN's SEED RESOLUTION.
specialt TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 Mr.. Lanham':
efforts to obtain unanimous consent tC
consideration of the resolutions apprc
priating money for the distribution OF
seeds in the drouth-stricken districts Of
Texas were defeated by the objection OF
Mr.. Cowles of North Carolina, who would
not vote for II on the ground that the
educational bill was far more important
and the people of the south were suffer.
ing more from illiteracy than from any
OTTER cause. Mr.. Lanham will now make
an effort to suspend the rules and pass
the measure by thirds vote.
THE INTER STATE COMMERCE BILL.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan 26-EdHard Baxter,
Dean of the law faculty of Vanderbilt.
University, Nashville, Tenn. and General
Southern, attorney for the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, will argue the consti,
tutionality of the interstate commerce
bill before the Attorney General to-mor-
row. Mr.. GIrland telegraphed Mr.. B.x-
ter that he would hear counsel on this
matter. Other prominent lawyers will
also appear before him.
THE RANDALL BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-rbe tariff and
revenue bill prepared by Sfr. Randall and
his friends has been printed and the date
of its presentation in the House will be
fixed at meeting to be held
to morrow night. It is entitled
a bill to reduce and equalize
the duties on imports, to reduce internal
revenue taxes and modify the laws in re-
lation to the collection of revenue, and it
will be substitute for House bill No
1902, introduced by Mr.. 4 ,ndall last
session.
The provisions of the bill have already
been substantially described. Copies
were furnished Speaker Carlisle and Mr..
Morrison, and to the Speaker it Was rep
resented that it was measure for
which perfection was not clsimed
but which would secure the support of
the majority of the House. The Speaker
did not express himself on the merits Of
the bill but asked to be allowed an op-
portunity to examine it.
Mr. Morrison said he saw no necessity
for the bill. 1t was simply the original
RancaIl bill with slight notifications.
The objects sought to be obtained
seemed to be free tobacco. He
added that the Randall bill was now
on the calendar with an adverse report by
the committee On ways and means thst
had been there for some months, and he
had no doubt might, ere this, have been
broughtup for cOnsideraii0nin the House.
MA HEws' NOMINATION REJECTED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-In the secret
session of the Senate TO-DAY the nomina-
ton of j. c. Mathews tcolored) of AL
oany, N. Y, to be Recorder CT
Deeds of this District, was reached
and discussed fer an hour, the
majority of the Senators present
giving their reasons for the vote they
were about to cast. The nomination was
rejected. The vote is understood to have
been II to 81. OF the minority three are
Republicans and proportlonate number
IF the majority are said TO be Democrats.
THE wONEN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-At a business
Meeting of the Women's Suffrage Associ-
ltion held this afternoon officers We're
elected fer the coming year, the old Off
;ers being reelected in nearly every case.
At the public session an address was
delivered y Mary Seymour Howell on
he "Dawning of the Twentieth Century"
Mr.. Pearson of Nottingham, England,
poke on the subject Of suffrage in En-
,land. Mrs. Slaughter Of Dakota, aud
Hrs. Matilda j. Gage Of New York also
addresses.
SENATE FISHERIES BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % The Senate |
sheIies oil has been referred to the |
Ommittee on foreign affairs and leave |
as been granted that committee to re
ort at any time.
THE HOUSE FISHERIES BILL.
WASHINGTON, jan. 26-Chairman Bel
lont of the House committee on foreign
fairs, says that the fishery bill adopted
y the Senate will probably be considered
t meeting of the House committee to-
borrow, although the committee was au-
lorized to report the matter back to the
louise at any time. Mr.. Belmont does
OF believe it will be ready to report be
IRE next week, and intimated that the
Ill might be amended by the committee
efore presented to the House.
THE PLEURo-PNEUMoNIAB BILL.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 26.-Hon. Samuel
hellabsrger, in behalf of the Cattle
rowers' Association, to-day appeared
efore the Senate Committee on Agricul-
Ire and submitted a constitutional argu-
ent in support Of the Miller bill to ex-
rminste pleuro- pneumonia.
BILLS AWAITING ACTION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-The House
,mmittee on agriculture to day decided
report adversely the bill introduced by
elegate Carey OF Wyoming, regarding
euro-pneumonis and other diseases
nong cattle. This measure was
.afted by the Nitional Cattle
rowers' Association at their recent ses-
on in Chicago, and provided for an ap-
'opriation of 81, 1000 900 for carrying out
e provisions of the bill. The action of
e committee was based on the tendency
Mr.. Hatch's pleuro-pneumonia bill.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
So far as regards merely the number {
appropriation bills passed at this